Adenium swazicum (live succulent)

Adenium swazicum (live succulent)

Family: Apocynaceae

Common names: Summer impala lily, Swazi lily, Somerimpalalelie, Swazi-lelie

It is a dwarf, succulent shrub, that grows up to 700 mm high. A deciduous plant that loses all leaves in winter. The leaves appear together with the flowers in summer. The basal stem is large and swollen, short, succulent and partially buried. The caudex can get up to 10cm. It can grow up to 150 mm in diameter and produces several greenish to greyish branches. These plant already have a caudex of 8-9cm and 30cm+ high.